HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-08-26 ad Hoc West Street Historic District Study Committee MinutesAd Hoc West Street Local Historic District Study Committee Minutes
26 August 2004 t~ECEIVED
1 Cyr CLERK
I ime 7 p.m. } UDING, MASS.
Place Town Hall Conference Room
1004 OCT € Q A 9: 1 g.
In Attendance :
Virginia Adams Clayton Jones
Everett Blodgett Sharlene Reynolds Santo - secretary
Sally Hoyt Gail Wood
Virginia announced that approval was received from the Massachusetts Historical
Commission staff. The study will be reviewed by the Commission on the 8~` of
September.
➢ Virginia noted that a copy of the preliminary study report must be submitted to the
planning board (CPDC) before the 60 day clock can start for a meeting with residence. A
decision was made to concentrate on finalizing this document for submission on Friday.
This would allow public hearings with West St. residents as early as October 26t'. A
___tentative date of October 27th was set to qualify for town meeting.
;'final review of guideline and by-laws was done to be submitted with tomorrow's
paperwork.
➢ Copies of the proposed By-laws must be submitted to the By-Law Committee, Town
Manager, Selectman and Town Counsel soon.
➢ Clarification was made regarding the proposed Historic District Commission; this group
will need to create Rule & Regulations which would in addition to the guidelines worked
on by this committee.
Sally suggested that realtors be given a copy of the Guidelines.
Discussion regarding the steps required for meeting with residents. It was decided that 2
informal meetings should be held in September to get feedback from residents. Prior to
this meeting copies of the guidelines should be mailed to them so they can be prepared for
these meetings. A suggestion was made that the meetings be held on different nights of
the week in hopes of accommodating more residents.
Next meeting scheduled for 1 Sept 2004 at 7 pm in the Town Hall conference room.
➢ Adjourned at 10:25 pm